an american woman missing in aruba.ight sound like a headline from six years ago, back when alabama student natalee holloway disappeared on that caribbean island and was never s sn again. but now a second woman has vanished there, and this time the case is complicated by the fact that those closest to her, including her live-in boyfriend back home in maryland, didn't even know she was taking the trip. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: even before her disappearance became the latest mystery to blemish aruba's coast, robyn gardner's life was already shrouded in secrets and lies. the 35-year-old dental assistant left her home in maryland on sunday, july 31st. she told her live-in boyfriend, richard forrester, she need aid vacation. >> she told me she was going to orlando with her family on a short vacation tuesday to thursday to go to their timeshare. >> reporter: it was the first of a tangle of lies she told forester. he was stunned to learn on monday morning that robyn wasn't in florida at all but in aruba. >> she e

he stopped cooperating with police and matt gutman is on the case for us in aruba. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. 11 years ago gary giordano was so close to freedom, now he'll spend the next 16 days locked up here at aruba's prison and probably, george, about 60 days more than that, the most recognizable face among the 110 inmates awaiting trial here. a moment wrapped in shame for gary giordano who still claims he's innocent and one of momentary triumph for aruba's prosecutors securing that 16-day

>> in aruba. >> in aruba. that's probably one.hat's going to become another piece in the puzzle. it is clear that the authorities are incredibly suspicious, beyond suspicious. now the question is, are they going to have enough hard evidence to keep him behind bars? >> nancy, how long can authorities in aruba actually hold gary giordano without charging him with anything? >> well, as opposed to our jurisprudence system where he can only be held 72 hours before a probable cause h hring to determine why you're there, they meet every eight days. that's going to come up on monday and speaking of habits, all of her friends, her boyfriend, her mother, they all say this girl did not go snorkeling. all right? she liked to sit by the pool, have a d dnk, take a dip, maybe from here down, at most. she got extensions glued in every other week. this woman was not snorkeling. in fact, we have been investigating down in aruba and found a dive shop and snorkel gear shop right there at baby beach. they came in there that day, the afternoon she's re

martin savidge is in aruba tonight. >> reporter: the last time anyone saw robyn gardner was here at aruba's. this man, gary vincent giordano says late on the day august 2nd they were snorkeling together when she simply vanished. >> he couldn't stand any more and he signed him to let's go back and when he reached shore, she was nowhere to be seen. >> reporter: giordano called 911, and a massive search was launched. helicopters, a plane, boats, and divers. but days later, still no sign of gardner. >> the body goes outside a reef, it goes deep immediately. it goes very deep. you can see it there. it goes under the water. the current will take it away. >> reporter: the island paradise is of course with no stranger to mysterious disappearances. more than six years ago natalee holloway came to aruba after graduating from high school but never came home. despite years of searching, her body has never been found and the specter of her disappearance still hangs over aruba. as for gardner, her friends are not convinced that it was a coincidence. richard forester is gardner's on again/off again boyfri

does is up to aruba. this is a brand new mug shot taken of him when arrested last week.hope to spark memories on the island to get people see photos of him and her and put together a story because right now there is no witness that has come forward that saw them go snorkeling together and the statement released by the prosecutor in aruba, in spite of intense police work there is no clarity of the situation of the woman, robyn gardner, who who arrived and he is no longer cooperating with the investigation, and has decided not to answer anymore questions. as for robyn gardner drifting away and drowning, investigators really do not believe this saying the currents were nothing, and the water clear and they have glenn hill -- they have flown helicopters to venezuela and back. they say her body would have surfaced by now. >> and the suspect has a court appearance in aruba on monday. is there a chance he could be released? phil: there is a chance. giordano is being held, and the judge will hear arguments for and against holding him for an additional eight days but he is not cr

martin savidge is in aruba tonight. >> reporter: the last time anyone saw robyn gardner was here at aruba'sach. this man, gary vincent giordano says late on the day august 2nd they were snorkeling together when she simply vanished. >> he couldn't stand any more and he signed him to let's go back and when he reached shore, she was nowhere to be seen. >> reporter: giordano called 911, and a massive search was launched. helicopters, a plane, boats, and divers. but days later, still no sign of gardner. >> the body goes outside a reef, it goes deep immediately. it goes very deep. you can see it there. it goes under the water. the current will take it away. >> reporter: the island paradise is of course with no stranger to mysterious disappearances. more than six years ago natalee holloway came to aruba after graduating from high school but never came home. despite years of searching, her body has never been found and the specter of her disappearance still hangs over aruba. as for gardner, her friends are not convinced that it was a coincidence. richard forester is gardner's on again/off again boy

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it's playing out on the caribbean island of aruba. tomorrow, it will be two weeks since robyn gardner, a 25-year-old woman, disappeared after traveling to the island with a man she met online. he's now under arrest and his troublesome past is coming to light. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: arubans again find their tiny sun swept island the setting another possible murder mystery. with gary giordano, at first blush a bereaved boyfriend who claimed his travel companion had gone missing while snorkeling, now led out of a police station in disgrace. the only suspect in the disappearance of 35-year-old robyn gardner. this evening prosecutors ordered giordano held for another 16 days, here in aruba's kia prison. that's nearly twice as long as they'd originally pushed for. >> it was a good day, yes, but it's not yet the moment to declare a victory, of course. >> reporter: investigators suspect foul play in robyn's disappearance. friends say the 35-year-old frfr maryland just wanted to get away after having recently lost her job. >> w

living in aruba on and off for nearly two decades. >> aruba is about 17 miles long, seven miles wide, you can drive the entire island in an hour. >> he drove us 15 minutes from the spot where robyn vanished. he says police still haven't been here. >> this is a very typical location, foliage, crags, hundreds of locations like this around the island. >> back in the car, we're moving again. >> if you wanted to get rid of something and have it never be found, it would be relatively easy. >> this spot is 20 minutes from robyn's last-known location, untouched by investigators. >> long way down to choppy water here. >> at least 50, 80 feet down. >> would they find anything here? >> never find anything that fell off of here. >> police suspect gary giordano has something to do with robyn's disappearance here in aruba, locked up as the prime suspect, though he denies any wrong doing. taco stein is aruba's top prosecutor. what's the plan to search for her going forward? >> we have no concrete plans to start a large search again, we want to concentrate on other parts of the investigation. >> pie

i know that they talked to the prosecutor in aruba the day before.ming and he was interested in any kind of records that could be found in there. >> okay. because we do believe that these two met online, gary having met her there. so with regard to him being in custody, how long can he stay behind bars in arublea? >> on monday, there will be a hearing that i think will be key that the judge will decide whether to keep him longer, whether to keep him detained or something in between where he's allowed to leave but he's got to stay on the island. that's going to be based on what the prosecutors down there will tell the judge. i think monday we'll learn a lot more. >> dan, do we know what he has been telling police in aruba? >> he got there on july 31st, and on august 2nd, he told the authorities there at 6:23, he told the authorities robyn and i were snorkeling. i came in, she didn't come in and that was the last time i saw her. they're trying to find witnesses who saw both of them and they got someone that saw them at a restaurant at 4:00 p.m. on that

he joins us live from aruba.reporting this information about giordano's throat having some sort of a cut on it. what have they found out? >> reporter: well, this is the first i've heard of that. and i've talked to a lot of witnesses. i've talked to a lot of people and i've read the police reports. i have to point out that during the interrogation of gary giordano authorities did ask him do you have any wounds on you? he said he had a couple of scratches on his legs and he showed it to them. regarding a cut on the neck, you can take a look for yourself. there's his mug shot that was released. that was taken just a couple of days after the alleged drowning. and if you look at it quite clearly he's got a t-shirt, his neck is exposed. i don't see any mark there. as far as the clothing, wet, dry. i heard varying accounts. so many people said it was his bathing suit that was wet but he had dry socks and shoes on. if he had rushed out of the water and rushing for help who stops to put socks and shoes on? but this shows

she is missing presumed dead according to authorities in aruba. before we speak live in another at large exclusive with the man robin was living with she went off with a guy to aruba. we ha craig has been investigating. >> gary and her robin arrived july 31st. she disappeared two-days later on a snorkeling trip. it's the same beach where natalee holloway was. why would they go from this beach close by to the completely opposite end of the islands? >> aruban search and rescue teams responded quickly. expert dive teams searched the waters while police combed the surrounding area while the businessmen claimed the traveling companion disappeared. >> we searched the water with lights with the police equipment we searched the water exclusively. >> according to taco stein the statement regarding the sea conditions that day seemed fabricated. >> what was it about his story that was inconsistent to you? >> when the police came to the scene we found the scene to be entirely calm. >> other red flags drew attention to the story according to insiders. the amer

aruba, of course, is a dutch territory.e told that robyn gardener's blackberry and ipod have been turned over to the police. they sent the blackberry to the netherlands for a more thorough analysis. matt? >> tom costello, thank you very much. robyn gardener's boyfriend, richard forester, is with us now. mr. forester, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> tell me a little bit about your relationship with robyn, how long have you been dating her before she took this trip? >> we've been together for about 2 1/2 years, but fairly exclusive, i guess, since about january of 2011. >> she told you she was going to see family members in florida. it turns out that's not where she was. how did you find that out? >> i found that out once i'd spoken to a family member when they told me she'd been reported missing. >> and then didn't she also send you a text or an e-mail at some point, in fact, admitting she was in aruba and at that time did she admit she was there with someone snels. >> no. i did get an e-mail saying that she was in

robyn gardner's boyfriend says they had an argument before she left for aruba. he says she left on vacation with a man she had met online. >> it's an issue that i have to deal with, but right now i'm more concerned with h aling with finding her. i don't think she would go anywhere without her phone, without her ipad. i doubt -- i think they'd have her purse. she wouldn't have any money, so i don't think that that would make sense actually. >> prosecutors say gardner vanished after going snorkeling with gary giordano. he was arrested trying to board a plane back to the u.s. police say his statements have raised questions about the case, but they're not elaborating. >>> a somber day for the grandparents of caylee anthony. george and cindy anthony attended a memorial in orlando to mark what would have been caylee's sixth birthday. they released balloons in their granddaughter's memories in the woods where her remains were found. casey anthony was not there. her whereabouts remain a mystery. >>> next to washington state where 12-year-old dale ostringer went to the b

there is a hearing in aruba on monday. prosecutors are expected to go to the judge and ask for eight more days to hold giordano while they hold their investigation. robyn gardener went missing about ten days ago. they were here in aruba snorkelling, reportedly, on an isolated stretch of beach when he says she did not return to shore. it's a story that the police say they doubt. it's a story her family says they doubt. right now they are going through the hotel room here at the marriott where they stayed. they are looking at the rental car. they're looking at this mine, and back in the united states they're looking at items taken from his home. her family is making a plea for her safe return, but i will tell you, alex, that authorities here in aruba do not believe robyn gardner is still alive. >> msnbcing. okay. >> janet, thanks for that sobering news right there. >>> a new poll of president obama's state by state approval rating suggests the re-election map is getting a bit tougher. the national journal examined gallop's p

new details about the american woman who vanished in aruba. now her boyfriend speaks out, revealing her last message to him before she disappeared. we are live on the ground in aruba. >>> and watch out for that ice. an accidental adventure off the alaskan coast, when a tour boat ride turns into an extreme experience. >> like have an apartment building of ice that fell down near your boat. it got so close. >> amazing. look at that. >> just incredible, up in alaska. >>> good morning, everyone. robin off today. great to have elizabeth vargas here. we have a lot of news to get to. >> we do. >>> we have five american servicemen killed overnight by an ied, roadside bomb. it follows the 30 servicemen killed last week in the chinook helicopter. so, we'll have all that. >> it has been a very rough week. >>> but we begin with everyone bracing for another wild day in the stock market. overnight, asian markets are mixed. europe, very bumpy. and of course, that comes off another 500-point drop in the dow yesterday. abc's bianna golodryga joins us from the

she is missing presumed dead according to authorities in aruba.ther at large exclusive with the man robin was living with she went off with a guy to aruba. we ha craig has been investigating. >> gary and her robin arrived july 31st. she disappeared two-days later on a snorkeling trip. it's the same beach where natalee holloway was. why would they go from this beach close by to the completely opposite end of the islands? >> aruban search and rescue teams responded quickly. expert dive teams searched the waters while police combed the surrounding area while the businessmen claimed the traveling companion disappeared. >> we searched the water with lights with the police equipment we searched the water exclusively. >> according to taco stein the statement regarding the sea conditions that day seemed fabricated. >> what was it about his story that was inconsistent to you? >> when the police came to the scene we found the scene to be entirely calm. >> other red flags drew attention to the story according to insiders. the american seemed dry no trace of

giordano for his part remains locked up in prison here in aruba.tors got another 16 days a couple days ago to try to gather more evidence. giordano was questioned by prosecutors yesterday at length with his attorneys present. there's also interesting information about items that have been seized from gary giordano, including his digital camera which by some accounts contained very graphic, disturbing images of robyn gardner. that camera along with his cell phone and his laptop have been sent off to a nearby island for further analysis. they're looking very closely now at the insurance policy. whether he had a financial motive back home. there are reports he lives in a million dollar house and that his small company took in less than $100,000 last year. that's something that u.s. officials are assisting with as this investigation continues. that is the latest from here. back to you. >> the fbi and nypd are investigating a death threat from a jihadist website urging muslim followers to, quote, cut the tongue of late night host david letterman. the th

here in aruba the investigation continues as well.baofficials searched a vanished phosphate mine. it's close to the beach where the couple went snoshgelling when robyn gardner went missing. they did leave that mine with a pink t-shirt and sandals. of course, the two were supposedly snoshgelling in this area, but officials say it's a curious choice, alex, for snorkelling. it's way dune in the different part of an island. it's a rocky beach. it's not known for good snorkelling. there's a lot of questions about gary giordano's story. the authorities have been holding him. on monday afternoon there's a court appearance, at which time authorities here are expected to ask for another eight-day extension while they continue to search for evidence in this case. alex. >> okay. nbc's janet shamlyan in aruba for us. >>> it is a symbolic vote in the nation's heartland. who are the leading contenders in iowa's straw vote. we'll look at that. lady liberty stands tall and inviting, but she needs some work. you'll see why the statue of liberty will b

>> poor aruba, don't know if they'll find her body.you throw her body out in the water, it will be in the panama canal in three days. >> women, also, please, i thought this was a lesson we learned after looking for mr. goodbar in the 70's, don't trust a complete stranger. ladies, please, use your heads. thank you so much. great to see you. coming up on "the factor" fallout after philadelphia mayor michael nutter tells some young black men that they have damaged their race. one african-american columnist says he's trying to appease white people! >> in the back of the book segment today, there's been a lot of violence by young mobs in philadelphia this summer. many of them african-american. obviously, a very dangerous situation. michael nutter who is a democrat responded with some tough words directed at black kids. >> you damage yourself. you damage another person. you damage your peers and quite honestly, you damage your own race. if you walk in somebody's office with your shoes untied and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your

she is missing presumed dead according to authorities in aruba. live in another at large exclusive with the man robin was living with she went off with a guy to aruba. we ha craig has been investigating. >> gary and her robin arrived july 31st. she disappeared two-days later on a snorkeling trip. it's the same beach where natalee holloway was. why would they go from this beach close by to the completely opposite end of the islands? >> aruban search and rescue teams responded quickly. expert dive teams searched the waters while police combed the surrounding area while the businessmen claimed the traveling companion disappeared. >> we searched the water with lights with the police equipment we searched the water exclusively. >> according to taco stein the statement regarding the sea conditions that day seemed fabricated. >> what was it about his story that was inconsistent to you? >> when the police came to the scene we found the scene to be entirely calm. >> other red flags drew attention to the story according to insiders. the american seemed dry

he's being held by police in aruba as a suspect in the case.s me from aruba. >> martin, we've reported that they each took out insurance policies before their trip. he definitely is the beneficiary of her policy? >> reporter: that's right, yes. this is the first time authorities have come out and admitted that information. it was about a week ago i got ahold of the statement that gary giordano told authorities. one thing they asked him about these insurance policies. he admitted they had the insurance policies, two $1.5 million each. they said who's the beneficiary? he said in my case the beneficiary is my mother. but what was left out of that statement was well then who's going to benefit say if robyn gardner turns up missing or dead. well, today the authorities said, you know what, it's gary giordano, which now you understand to the authorities this is huge. this is the motive that they believe is behind all of what has taken place here. they say if anybody was going to make money on this, it's gary giordano. the question i had was she would

i don't have as much faith in the arue -- aruba authorities.: do you know anything about the giordano character otherwise he was going to leave your girlfriend behind? >>guest: i have learned he has women he has dated all sorted of sordid and all of details i am not at liberty to say. but, just that this is a crazy, violent man, and he will charm somebody and then when he doesn't get his way will attack. i've heard that he videotaped things, and he has video cameras in his home, outside of his home, and i have heard all sorts of horrible stories, potential drug use. those are not facts. these people are just what they have told me. >>shepard: we will help for a happy ending and hope the fbi getting involved will be of help. i'm out of town. wish i had more time. thank you very much. look at this: the dow is soaring up more than 5 percent, the focus of our coverage right after this. what this means? could it be a sign for the future? what is happening on wall street? i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been

while i have you here i want to talk to you about the case in aruba.yn gardner and the fact that gary giordano, the prime suspect, not only took out the life insurance policy but it's reported that he tried to cash it in while they're still searching for robyn, dan. >> i think that they're getting very close to the point where they have enough evidence to charge him even without a body. i think they're certainly going to have enough to hold him for another 60 days. >> that's a first, that somebody can be charged with that -- >> i've said it many times. i said it with robin the other day. i think you can definitely charge without a body and i think in this case there's enough inconsistencies in his story, knowing his account simply doesn't fit with all the other facts that we know and now if he really did go ahead and try to cash this insurance policy, have a motive or at least a potential motive. >> nancy, the former prosecutor, somebody looking at it and saying that's premeditation? >> well, there's a lot more premeditation other than the life insuran

. >>> and missing in aruba, a maryland woman vanishes on the same island where natalee holloway disappeared six years ago. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm randall pinkston in for betty nguyen. in the news at this hour we're learning about a scary incident at the phoenix airport. three east african nationals are in custody after a tsa screener found a suspicious package in their carry-on luggage. this happened friday and it was just revealed by phoenix police. jay dow is in washington with details. good morning, jay. >> good morning to you, randall. investigators are still trying to determine if this incident was terror related. a total of three people, two men and one woman were arrested at phoenix sky harbor international airport after tsa screeners found what was described as a fake bomb inside the woman's carry-on bag. the package was holding a paste like substance with a cell phone taped to the outside of it. it was tested and not found to be explosive. police are still trying to figure out a motive here and have not ruled out the possibility of a te

an american missing in aruba where she was vacationing with an american man she met on line.rdano, took out an insurance policy on gardner. a bloody hand print was found on a stone where the couple had been snorkeling. marty, what details do you know about a bloody hand print on a stone where they were allegedly snorking? >> reporter: this is coming to us from a couple of different sources. when i talked to investigators directly about them finding blood evidence at the scene there, they said only that they couldn't confirm it. they couldn't deny it. they called it interesting which of course would be a lot more than interesting. it could be absolutely key to their investigation. sources we talked to close to that investigation say it was blood on the rocks or blood on stones and some said it was actually a bloody hand print. the reason this all works out is they need to know if it was human, is it robyn gardner's blood or someone unrelated. if he's telling a story that she's lost at sea in a snorkeling accident, that's not bloody. that would be a significant find for authori

aruba.fying him by his initials "gvg." he reportedly told investigators gardener vanished after going snorkeling. yesterday "gvg's" attorney spoke about his client's relationship with the missing woman. >> they know each other for a couple years already and -- as friends. they met each other on a dating site and after that, they had -- they spoke with each other and saw each other couple times a month and they had good contact with each other through telephone. >> and gardener's disappearance, of course, brings back memories of natalee holloway mystery, she vanished without a trace six years ago vacationing on the caribbean island. >>> it's been a wild ride to say the least for world markets. as we speak they're coming back from days of losses. in asia hong kong's hang seng closed up more than 2%. japan the nikkei up, yes up, and in europe the ftse trading higher. it follows the dow's biggest point gain. it roared back from monday's 635 point plunge, closed up 430 points, thousand point roun

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robyn flew to aruba with him after she told her boyfriend she was visiting family in florida. >> i'mot angry at her, and if she is found and brought back to me, yeah, i will be angry then, but right now, this is not a factor. >> and nowsigona, and i know you have been in touch with the fbi, and one report says they believe she is no longer alive and the boyfriend said that the search is apparently still on, and they are holding out hope. >> well, in any of these cases where someone is missing they hold out hope unless they prove otherwise and a body is found. i think that at this point, aruba is doing what they can to locate her with the information they were provided. you have to take into consideration they are going off of the fact that this was this man who last saw her, andp he said that she was in a particular location, and that may not have been the location that she was last seen. so, it is tracking down those people up to the point to where she went missing to figure out exactly where they were prior to going snorkeling if they even went snorkeling and move back from that po

he's being held by police in aruba as a suspect in the case. rue ba. >> martin, we've reporteded that they each took out insurance policies before their trip. he definitely is the beneficiary of her policy? >> reporter: that's right, yes. this is the first time authorities have come out and admitted that information. it was about a week ago i got ahold of the statement that gary giordano told authorities. one thing they asked him about these insurance policies. he admitted they had the insurance policies, two $1.5 million each. they said who's the beneficiary? he said in my case the beneficiary is my mother. but what was left out of that statement was well then who's going to benefit say if robyn gardner turns up missing or dead. well, today the authorities said, you know what, it's gary giordano, which now you understand to the authorities this is huge. this is the motive that they believe is behind all of what has taken place here. they say if anybody was going to make money on this, it's it's gary giordano. the question i had was she would h

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with a boyfriend for the past eight months in maryland and he said he was not only deceived about aruba entire new york kill, story is suspect because when they went to a beach on vacation, she would never get her head wet and her parents and best friend hope they will be found alive. >> i say that show is more than a pretty face, she is a human being with a huge heart and she is very loyal and she definitely is the glass half full kind of girl. >> he will be in custody in aruba at least until wednesday and her ipad is being examined for clues and perhaps any e-mails or text she may have sent and the blackberry has been sent to the netherlands and the natalee holloway resource center found in her honor to look for missing person cases in the future, they have been involved if this case, as well, with the striking similarities. >>shepard: thank you from south florida, phil, thank you. casey anthony is the most hated person in america. that's the result of a through poll which tracks how people rate such public figures as paris hilton and octomom and casey anthony beat both of those in th

giordano remains in police custody back in aruba.ce giordano's traveling companion, robyn gardner, was last seen on this idyllic beach in aruba. police, firemen and search and rescue crews are seen here working into the night combing a desert area filled with thick brush and deep caves. friends say thatatardner and giordano have had an on and off relationship for over a year and that his behavior has become increaeangly unstable. >> it's been a real roller coaster friendship. it's pretty hot and cold. one day, nice and the next day not so nice. >> reporter: abc news has learned that giordano has a long history of strange behavior. two women have been granted restraining orders against him. in documents obtained exclusively by "good morning america," one ex-girlfriend describes a violent assault. "we argued about his past sexual lifestyle as a swinger. he started to choke me with both hands. he then shoved his fingers down i was struggling and gagging." a restraining order obtained by another ex-girlfriend states "he posted letters an

marty savidge joins me from aruba with the latest. do you know about a bloody handprint on a stone where they were allegedly snorkeling? >> reporter: this is coming to us from a couple of different sources. when i talked to investigators directly about them finding blood evidence at the scene there, they said only that they couldn't confirm it. they couldn't deny it. they called it interesting which of course would be a lot more than interesting. it could be absolutely key to their investigation. sources we talked to close to that investigation say it was blood on the rocks or blood on stones and some said it was actually a bloody handprint. the reason this all works out is they need to know if it was human, is it robyn gardner's blood or someone unrelated. that's what they want to find out right away. if he's telling a story that she's lost at sea in a snorkeling accident, that's not bloody. that would be a significant find for authorities but they have a lot to run down on that yet. >> what about the stories or allegations that he t

martin savidge joined me now from aruba. martin, what did we learn from the transcript?it's really pretty amazing. we obviously wanted to talk to gary giordano. we wanted to talk to his attorney to get their side of events that. has always been denied to us. essentially what we have here is the statement that gary giordano gave to aruba authorities on august 5th. that is the day he was taken into custody. but it's just hours before he's actually detained, it's really his account, his own words. what we find is that very early on, authorities have already zeroed in on maybe that money is the motivation here. because they start asking him about what does he do for a living, how much money does he make, what alimony does he owe, how much of a mortgage does he pay every month. then they start asking about the insurance policies. but after that it moves on to the issue of the events of that particular day. and it gets to the point of being in the water. they ask him, well, how far offshore were the two of you snorkeling? he says, you know what, i don't really remember. i poin

martin savidge joined me now from aruba. martin, what did we learn from the transcript?mazing. we obviously wanted to talk to gary giordano. we wanted to talk to his attorney to get their side of events that. has always been denied to us. essentially what we have here is the statement that gary giordano gave to aruba authorities on august 5th. that is the day he was taken into custody. but it's just hours before he's actually detained, it's really his account, his own words. what we find is that very early on, authorities have already zeroed in on maybe that money is the motivation here. because they start asking him about what does he do for a living, how much money does he make, what alimony does he owe, how much of a mortgage does he pay every month. then they start asking about the insurance policies. but after that it moves on to the issue of the events of that particular day. and it gets to the point of being in the water. they ask him, well, how far offshore were the two of you snorkeling? he says, you know what, i don't really remember. i pointed it out to police

martin savidge joins us from aruba. where do things stand?ow what is called for correction institute for aruba and gary giordano's home the past two weeks but it could change and could change as early as this morning when he is expected to go before a judge. the way the process works on this particular island is that every so often, in this case, 16 days ago, he went before jauj and the judge said we are holding you for 16 days. now he is before the judge and the prosecution is asking for more time. but the bar of evidence has been raised because it's the third time he has gone before a judge and now the prosecution has to give a pretty good case. the question is do they really have it? here is what we know. they have witnesses that claim that gary giordano's story they were snorkeling on the beach didn't happen. they didn't see the couple in the water snorkeling when they said they were. also $1.5 million insurance policy that gary giordano took out on robyn gardner days before they went on the trip and now she has vanished and that looks su

ashleigh banfield traveled to aruba and joins us with the latest.rning, ashleigh. >> reporter: good morning, george. this could be a very big day for gary giordano. he could find out later if his month-long stay on this island paradise is going to come to an end. prosecutors, if they have have enough evidence, will keep him here for an additional 60 days. abc news have seen witness document, witness statements this time from robyn gardner's family. abc news has learned new details about the couple's relationship before their trip to aruba. a friend told investigators that robyn and giordano met about a year ago on adultfriendfinder, a site that describes itself as the world's largest sex and swinger personals community. she told authorities the two even planned to go on a cruise together earlier this year but that garden backed out because giordano as exhibiting scary behavior and the friend told authorities gardner refused her suggestions to cut fights with giordano and was surprised she decided to travel with him to aruba. abc news has also learne

an american woman still missing in aruba. an american man held in her disappearance.

>>> a new twist in the case of an american woman who's gone missing in aruba. she is presumed dead. coming up, big new developments with a possible motive, and the new evidence that police found on a camera that has turned up. former detective mark furman is here and he is with us today. >> she's one of the best known women in american radio, howard stern's long time sidekick. up next, a break in the hunt for the guy who she says almost killed her. >>> also, the epa, seeking to crack down on farmers by forcing them to limit dust? really? a fair and balanced debate on the dust drama. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ and the tractor keeps rolling. >> ♪ >> ♪ megyn: a new jersey man is facing charges that he hit a car being driven by robin quivers and took off, quivers is a long time psychic of long time radio host howard stern, the accident happened on sunday, on the jersey shore, witnesses were able to get crocker's license number as he drove away. quivers was not hurt thankfully in the accident. >> shocking new developments in the presumed death of an american woman in aruba, robin gardner mysteriousl

he traveled to aruba with gardner on july 31st.he said the she disappeared while the two were snorkeling. authorities found discrepancies in his story. back to the insurance policy ap quote as person with knowledge of the policy. gy or giordano, purchased it $1.5 million. american express policy. accidental death. it covered length of short trip. giordano called while the search for gardner was still going on saying he wanted to begin redeeming that policy. giordano is being held in aruba as a suspect in her disappearance. the judge said there is evidence to hold him 16 more days. his attorney says there is no evidence that he committed a crime. gardner meanwhile is presumed dead. jenna: thank you, patti ann. rick: a battle more than 30 years in the making that could rock the music industry to is core. some of the most iconic rock and pop songs are about to turn 35 years old, rocksian by the police and heart of glass by blondie. when they do a provision in the u.s. copyright law regarding music could make the songs property of the

gardner was saying at the renaissance aruba resort and casino.olloway, of course, the young alabama woman who went to aruba on a high school graduation trip in 2005. she went missing, and her body's not been found. she was last seen leaving a bar with joran van der sloot, he's being held on a murder charge in peru. in this latest case, the boyfriend of the missing woman, gardner, told fox 5 in washington he didn't know gardner was with this other man, and he had this to say. let's listen. >> she's been missing for six days, so every day that goes by gets a lot worse. um, thinking that she won't be back. >> reporter: so we don't know what charges yet, if any, will be filed against the man. police still questioning him down on aruba. back to you, megyn. megyn: all right, steve. thank you. >>> well, during the recent weeks of bitter bickering over the debt ceiling and the credit downgrade, we heard endless talk in washington about president reagan,be the spirit of compromise and how differently reagan would have handled the debt issue. here's just a

>>> abc news has learned new details on the case of the missing american woman in aruba. a key witness tells police he never saw the couple go snorkeling, poking a huge hole in the main suspect's story. and we have exclusive new video of gary giordano, handcuffed and looking noticeably different with no hairpiece. >>> and super dog, how many volleys in the row do you think dog can do with his owner? 5, 10, 20? well, keep counting. >> announcer: from abc news, live from new york, this is "good morning america" with bianna golodryga and dan harris. >>> well, happy sunday morning, that dog keeps going and going. >> his name is petey, he's a huge star. we'll show you him coming up. >>> also coming up this morning, a very public family feud caught on tape. a yelling match seemed to erupt between a missing woman and her husband's family. susan powell's father was handing out flyers with his daughter's picture on them when her father-in-law confronted him. we'll tell you why things got so bitter between these two families. >> very public feud. and as you know from covering wall